10 Largest Mega Churches in the US

in the united states of america the christian religion is still very popular and followed by millions of people every single week now in this video we don't look at the very small churches but at the very large mega churches in the christian religion now some of these churches have gigantic jumbotron screens and others are run out of former nba arenas we'll count down the 10 largest mega churches in the united states number 10 number 10 the potter's house out of dallas texas this church houses 17 000 weekly attendees it's run by pastor td jakes who is the imposing six foot three badass that can be found on television stations this church was actually started by television wv grant but it was sold after he was convicted of tax evasion in 1996 and he sold the church to fellow televangelist td jakes number nine calvary chapel in fort lauderdale florida this church has a weekly attendance of 18 000 people it's currently run by pastor doug souter however it was started in 1980 by bob coy who was 24 years old at the time he led the church until april of this year 2014 when he declared he had a moral failing which disqualifies him from continuing his leadership role at the church while his moral failing turned out to be multiple affairs and an addiction to pornography number eight saddleback church ran by pastor rick warren this one is located in lake forest and has weekly attendance of 19 414 people this church did not have its first permanent facility until it reached 10 000 weekly attendance until then the church was actually operated out of giant plastic tents number seven fellowship church this one is run by pastor ed young jr it has weekly attendance of 19 913 people it's located in a suburb of fort worth texas and this church blew up because it catered to young children by creating a solid youth service that the children really enjoyed naturally this eased the headaches of the parents and so since they didn't really have to deal with bratty kids they started going to this church number six west angeles cathedral this church is located in los angeles california with weekly attendance of 20 000 people the residing pastor is charles blake this guy is a badass because he grew the church from only 40 members to over 20 000 where it sits today now with his church being located in los angeles it is the home to many celebrities such as magic johnson denzel washington and stevie wonder number five lifechurch.tv the pastor over this church is craig groschel it's located in edmond oklahoma with weekly attendance of 20 823 people it was founded in 1996 and this church is very unique in 2007 they began broadcasting their services on the online life simulator second life also in order to attract a younger crowd the music is generally a mixture of pop and rock music number four willow creek community church the pastor over this church is bill hybels it's located in barrington illinois with weekly attendance of 22 500 people it's a non-denominational church and this church has the money a worship center was completed in 2004 for 73 million dollars one of the most remarkable things about the church is that it has two gigantic mitsubishi led screens that each measure 14 by 24 feet now each screen is on its own individual track that can make it movable and both screens can be combined into one gigantic god screen number three north point community church this church is pastored by andy stanley it's non-denominational as well and has weekly attendance of 22 557 people it is the largest church in atlanta georgia and in 1995 at the church's founding pastor andy stanley stated atlanta does not need another church what atlanta does need is a safe environment where the unchurched can come and hear the life-changing truth that jesus christ cares for them and died for their sin number two second baptist church this church is actually pastored by ed young who is the father of number seven pastor ed young jr it's located in houston texas and has weekly attendance of 23 659 people this is the largest baptist church in the united states ed young another pastoring badass increased weekly attendance from 500 people a week in 1978 to where it stands now at over 23 000 people every week this church has a massive budget of 55 million dollars a year and it's also like a small city because it houses fitness centers bookstores a cafe a kindergarten through 12th grade school and a free auto repair shop for single mothers number one lakewood church this one is pastored by always smiling joel osteen now houston texas must be one of the most religious cities in the united states because it's home to number two and this one number one mega churches in the united states it has a weekly attendance of a massive and astounding 43 500 people head and shoulders above number two it has four english services and two spanish services every week now this church was started in 1959 by joel osteen's father john osteen in an abandoned feed store in houston texas in 1999 after john passed away due to a heart attack joel took over and quickly increased the attendance five-fold to 30 000 weekly people in 2003 they leased and later bought the compact center which is the former arena of the houston rockets it is absolutely enormous 16 800 seat capacity now this church also has services that are watched on tv weekly by seven million people what a church wow thank you to everyone for watching today's video please be sure to follow me on twitter and facebook both the links will be in the description below also please subscribe because i will be releasing another one of these videos in three days thank you

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Keywords: Megachurch (Type Of Place Of Worship), Religion (TV Genre), biggest churches, largest churches, biggest church, largest church

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Length: 6min 28sec (388 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 02 2014